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2022–present

Mariupol Azovstal industrial site assembly

Also known as: Азовсталь, Azovstal steel works

Ukraine2022–2022Data quality: highClosure reported

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Documentation purpose.This catalogue indexes detention sites attributed to the Russian Federation's military or occupation administration in Ukraine since 2022, as reported by named international monitoring bodies (UN OHCHR, Yale Humanitarian Research Lab) and Ukrainian NGOs (Media Initiative for Human Rights, Centre for Civil Liberties). Each entry carries its verification status and source attribution. Allegations are not adjudications.

About

The Azovstal steel works in Mariupol served as a final defensive position and then a surrender/evacuation site in May 2022. Surrendering Ukrainian military personnel (including Azov battalion) were transported to Russian-controlled facilities under filtration procedures. Yale Conflict Observatory documented the transfer process. Captives were subsequently held at Olenivka (IK-120) and other facilities.

Camp system

filtration

Location

47.0656, 37.5973 — view on OpenStreetMap

Primary sources